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Belgium family visa from the UK

To move to Belgium to live with your Belgian husband, wife or registered partner, you apply online on visaonweb for a family reunification D visa, then hand it in at TLScontact. Your partner must show stable income, housing and health insurance, and you must both be over 21, or 18 if already married. Joining an EU citizen in Belgium, the visa is free and quicker.

We prepare it with you from a £399 service fee, confirmed before you pay. Any official fee is paid by you to the embassy.

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Your route depends on your partner

The Belgian Embassy in London handles UK residents. You hand in your application at TLScontact in London, Edinburgh or Manchester, and Belgium's Immigration Office decides. Every line below comes from an official page, linked beside it, read on 2 November 2026.

Joining a Belgian citizen

A family reunification D visa. Your Belgian partner must show income, housing and health insurance; a decision within 6 months.

Visa
A family reunification D visa (national long-stay visa), valid for 12 months. Source
Who qualifies
Spouses and registered partners. You must both be over 21, or 18 if the marriage existed before the application. Source
How to apply from the UK
Create an account on visaonweb, book an appointment at TLScontact, and hand in your file in person. Source
Your partner's side
Your Belgian partner must have stable, regular and sufficient income, suitable housing, and health insurance covering Belgium. Source
Immigration Office fee
218 euros per person (free under 18). Source
Visa fee
£225 (250 euros) for a long-stay visa since 1 July 2026, plus the TLScontact service fee. Source
Processing time
A decision within 6 months of the application. The embassy can decide some of these itself. Source
Legalisation and translation
Documents drawn up abroad must be legalised or apostilled, and translated by a sworn translator unless they are in German, English, French or Dutch. Source
Police certificate
A legalised police certificate covering at least the last year. Source
If your partner lived in another EU country
The family of a Belgian who used EU free movement follow the EU citizen rules instead, under certain conditions. Source

Joining an EU, EEA or Swiss citizen who lives in Belgium

A free short-stay visa, decided within about 15 days, then a residence application at your town hall in Belgium.

Visa
A short-stay C visa is the only visa Belgium can require. If your passport does not need a visa, you apply at the town hall where you live in Belgium. Source
Your partner's position
The EU citizen must already have the right to stay in Belgium for more than 3 months. Source
How to apply from the UK
Free, directly at the embassy (fully booked until the end of the year when we checked), or through TLScontact for its service fee. Source
Fee
No visa fee for an EU citizen's family member. Source
Processing time
The visa within 15 days as far as possible; the Immigration Office then decides your residence within 6 months. Source

Joining a non-EU national who lives in Belgium

The same D visa under stricter rules since the Law of 18 July 2025: higher income, a medical certificate and a longer decision period.

Rules
Since the Law of 18 July 2025, spouses must be at least 21, and a partner who came to Belgium as a spouse must wait 2 years before being joined. Source
Income
At least 110% of the guaranteed minimum income, 2,456.97 euros net a month, plus 10% for each additional family member. Source
Fees
218 euros per person to the Immigration Office, plus the £225 visa fee and the TLScontact fee. Source
Processing time
9 months, which the Immigration Office can extend twice by 3 months. Source
Medical certificate
Required, from a doctor the embassy has approved. Source

Documents most applicants need

The full list depends on your route. We send you yours, item by item, once you order.

  • Passport valid for at least 12 months
  • The visa form from visaonweb, signed and printed
  • Birth certificates for you and your partner
  • Marriage or partnership certificate, legalised or apostilled
  • A legalised police certificate covering at least the last year
  • Proof of your partner's income, housing and health insurance

What we do

  • Check your case and tell you which visa applies, and whether we can help, before you pay
  • Build your document list from the embassy's own requirements for your country
  • Check every document, translation and apostille before it goes in
  • Fill in the application form with you, in your own account where the embassy uses an online portal
  • Prepare you for the appointment and stay with you until the decision

What you do

  • Get the certificates, apostilles, translations and any language test your country asks for
  • Sign and submit the application yourself, and attend the appointment in person
  • Pay any official fee directly to the embassy or consulate

We are a private company, not an embassy, consulate or visa centre. We do not give legal advice, and we do not handle visas into the UK.

Questions about the Belgium family visa

Can I apply for a Belgian family reunification visa from the UK?
Yes. You fill in the form on visaonweb and hand in your file at TLScontact in London, Edinburgh or Manchester. The Belgian Embassy in London handles it and Belgium's Immigration Office decides.
How long does a Belgian spouse visa take?
The decision must come within 6 months of the application when joining a Belgian. Joining an EU citizen is quicker: the visa within about 15 days, then the residence decision in Belgium.
How much does it cost?
Joining a Belgian: 218 euros per person to the Immigration Office plus the £225 long-stay visa fee and the TLScontact fee. Joining an EU citizen: no visa fee. Our service fee starts at £399.
How old do we have to be?
Both over 21, or 18 if you were already married before applying, when joining a Belgian citizen.
Is there a language test?
None appears on the Immigration Office or embassy pages we read. We check your embassy's current list for your case.
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Official sources

Read on 2 November 2026. Rules change: we check your embassy's page again for your case.

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